MSNBC: Irma is Now a Category 1 Hurricane

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
SOSNA: "Officially at 2:00 this morning. Brand-new off the presses here. We do have a category one hurricane at us and it's still causing problems. Wind gusts up to 70, occasionally 80 miles an hour out here. That will do some damage. Not to let your guard down. There's still a really loud and dangerous night across central Florida. The airport in Orlando still gusting to 68 miles an hour. Out where Thomas is in Clearwater beach we're looking at temperatures in -- or not temperatures, wind speeds, 65 miles an hour, 64 at St. Peets burg. We're still seeing gusts up to 50 or 60 miles an hour, which can bring down more tree limbs. That's why officials do not want you going out here tonight and inspecting and a lot of people are in the dark here. Hopefully you have your phone charged up if you're streaming us. I think the worst of the rain is starting to end in the Tampa area. There will be another band that pivots back here but it won't be of the intensity we saw earlier on today. That band of rain is moving through the downtown Orlando area. This is where the core of the extreme winds are. Let's put a box zoom on this and bringing into some communities getting hit really hard. This is where the damaging winds are, right in the clairemont area, out east towards Orlando, towards the theme parks now. We're starting to see the damaging wind come through here. It's also to the east of Orlando, towards the space coast. It's this band right here lifting to the north. That's what's left of the eye. That's what was the strongest part of the storm. Now it's definitely a much weaker version of itself. Still, this is the band, if there's going to be damage, it will be along that one. Another feeder band coming into the storm as well. This is where we have to watch for potential flooding rain. We'll track those rainfall amounts and show you what communities are getting that. The St. Augustine area up to Jacksonville. Looks like a tornado warning in south Georgia. The devastating "Street signs" we don't think is going to come to frugs because we just don't have the strong winds anymore to bring that water onshore. 2 to 4 foot storm surge in Tampa bay. Better than the 5 to 8 foot projections we had earlier today."